Poor Mr. Chisholm chords by Fred Astaire
Verse 1
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D
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Got
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a mandolin for the second hand
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From a
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Mr.
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Chisholm in the local band
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Had the sweetest tone, resonant and low
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Often made me wonder why he let it go
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B
If you have the time,
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how they parted company
And he offered it for sale makes
a fascinating tale
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Poor
Mr.
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Chisholm played on the mandolin
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D
But he couldn't win
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cause he tried to swing
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D
And he broke a string every time
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Db
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D
Poor
Db
Mr.
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Chisholm just couldn't dig the jive
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When he did arrive at the proper note
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He arrived by boat every time
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He tried to jazz up his mandolin
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But nev er could quite con trol it
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He always brought by
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and handle in
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When it took a lick,
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A
he always broke a pick
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Poor
Mr.
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Chisholm, you're quite
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a gay old blade
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With your serenade, but your carnage
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Jack fed a truck gone back to
Dubuque
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Get a youth, you disgrace your kin
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D
On the mandolin every time
Interlude 1
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What a
Verse 2
man!
You disgrace your kin on
the mandolin every time.
D
Poor Mr. Chisholm
Fred Astaire
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